I'm always keen to hear a bit of footwork. Thanks for the Ja Ru tip. I'm
listening now and am enjoying it.
JLin is too much for me. I've tried a couple of times but haven't got
into it yet. I like how "Pariah" has got the beats but is a bit more
restrained with the number of things going on.
On 28/03/2018 4:12 AM, kent williams wrote:
quoted 22 lines > https://ruiho.bandcamp.com/album/becoming-is-an-eventful-situation
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> From one of my favorite labels right now Objects Ltd., the brainchild
> of Lara Rix Paradinas. She has stated the mission of the label to be to
> promote music by "women & non-binary artists." Which makes it a good
> place to hear things a bit rotated out of the normal.
>
> What Rui Ho sounds like to me, surprisingly or not, is Mike Paradinas's
> early work. Lush synths, distorted drums, but everything has a sheen of
> distortion from the subtle to the outre. Her harmonic palette seems to
> be tuned to the 'black keys' pentatonic sounds, which is always
> serviceable and consonant, but she finds ways to push the familiar into
> the strange.
>
> Everything on Objects is worthy, but Ja Ru's "Pariah" is in particular a
> real game-changer both for the label and for Chicago footwork. I know
> footwork isn't super-popular on this list, but if you've not liked it in
> general, this may be the album to change your mind. I like JLin a lot,
> but Jana's stuff I think might be more fully realized music than most of
> Jlin's.
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